Person:Matthew Mitchell (1)

Matthew Mitchell, his wife, Susan Wood Mitchell and four children, David, Sarah, Jonathan and Hannah came to America with Benjamin and Ann Jundon Butterfield (and Mary and Benjamin), and Samuel Butterfield (half brother to Benjaman and Susan Wood). They sailed on the ship James on Saturday 23 May 1635 from Bristol, England and apparently arrived at Charleston or Boston. Also on the ship were the Sherman Family and the family of the Rev. Richard Mather. Two more Mitchell children were probably with them ( Abagail and Mary).

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Matthew Michell, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011).

   ORIGIN: Halifax, Yorkshire
   MIGRATION: 1635 in the James of Brisol [Young's First Planters 454, 456, 457, 460, 462, 464, 465]
   FIRST RESIDENCE: Charlestown
   REMOVES: Concord 1635, Springfield 1636, Saybrook 1636, Wethersfield 1637, Stamford 1641.
   
   BIRTH: By about 1591 (based on date of marriage)
   DEATH: By 19 May 1646 (date of inventory)